By early 77, importing and distribution was being handled by Olympus
Corp. In Woodbury.
John
Brian P. Huber wrote:
>
> To respond to Jay and Gary:
> I'm sure these are 75-76 vintage, possible 77, but unlikely. I obtained
> these while I was at P&B, before they lost the Olympus line.
> I started with P&B in 1976 and left in 81 when the company started to go
> "South".
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Maynard [SMTP:jmaynard@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 4:06 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Even More Extras
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 12:32:39AM -0400, PCACala@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > Brian writes:
> > > I have 2 Olympus key cases. . .
> > > Vintage is ~1975 or 1976.
> > Interesting. Ponder and Best were USA distributors through 1977, so I
> > wonder
> > if these could have been 1978 or later?
>
> No, I believe Brian's right, and those are from that era. I have an Olympus
> steel tape measure from then (which I still use regularly!), and wish I
> still had the quartz cigarette lighter...
>
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